The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-14
TWO BULLETS IN HIS HEAD.
Strange Story of Woman's Love and
Her Treacherous Vengeance.
From the Ne,o York Herald


From the Neic York Herald
CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 1.-THE most re-
markable and sensational crime is reported
from the little town of Cambridge, the
county seat of Guernsey county, in this
State. 1t is the probably fatal shooting of
John Harris. the son of wealthy farmer re-
siding near Caldwell, by Miss Lou Morrison,
beautiful brunette, of Gilmer county,
West Virginia. Harris received two bullets
in the forehead between and above the eyes,
and, strange to say, still lives.
HARRIS STRANGE YARN
The circumstances attending the crime,
which read more like fiction than truth, as
obtained from Harris are about as follows:
Some fifteen months ago, while travelling
in West Virginia, he met Miss Morrison,
who is the daughter of lumber merchant.
He saws she became infatuated with him,
although he declined to encourage her.
Harris insists that there was nothing i'm
proper in their relations About three
months ago he again visited Gilmer county
and saw Miss Morrison. When he left she
followed him. He tried to elude her, but
she confronted him at the hotels and on the
street She seemed to be assisted by a man
whom Harris frequently saw watching
him, and finally he decided to go TO Mexico,
hoping TO thus escape his tormentor, but in
u
and all through the Southern States until
Harris gave Up in disgust He tried every
way possible to throw her off his track, but
failed in every instance.
A PHOTO AND A PISTOL.
On Friday Harris was in Cambridge, and
put up at the Berwick Hotel Upon re-
turning TO the hotel, later in the evening,
he was informed that young woman was
waiting for him in the parlor. 1t was Miss
Morrison. He asked her what she wanted
and what he could do for her. She replied
that if he would give her photograph she
would leave. Harris went to his room for
that purpose, accompanied by Miss MOrri-
son. He secured the photograph, and was
| Just rising from his valise, when she drew a
revolver and fired two shots at him, placing
the weapon almost against his forehead.
Harris fell to the floor, and has a faint
recollection of the woman kissing him sew
| eral times He then became unconscious
| About IL O'Clock she left the hotel, the shots
not having been heard by any of the occu-
pants, and boarded the Baltimore and Ohio
train going east
About s o'clock the following morning
Harris recovered consciousness, and, feeling
about his head, discovered he had been shot
twice.
HARRIS GAVE NO ALARM.
He gave no alarm whatever but, con-
| ing his hat down over the wounds left for
| Caldwell. Upon reaching Caldwell he was
very weak, and was driven to the hotel in a
hack, when he began growing worse and
asked for physician, who examined the
wounds and stated that Harris had been
saved from instant death by the bullets en-
tering the thick portion of the skull between
the eyes He said they were very bad
wounds, and might yet prove fatal Harris
was able to talk, but at times his mind wan
dered, and, strange to say, he seemed per-
| fectly cognizant of the fact. At first Harris
| declined to give the name of his would be
murderer, but finally consented
The part of his story concerning his re
lations with Miss Morrison, who is supposed
to be playing the part of an avenger are
discredited. Harris is % years of age, and
is engaged to be married to Miss Nellie
Geiger. of Newark, o., daughter of Col.
Fred Geiger, prominently connected with
the Adams Express Company. The pro-
prietors of the hotel IN Cambridge think
that Harris shot himself.